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teaching the children so that they can make home-gardens. 

 These latter have been possible in only a very few cases among 

 our pupils because of the crowded conditions on Manhattan 

 Island. 



10. Some experiments made bv our graduates who have 

 worked on school-garden problems outside of New T York suggest 

 that the "committee system" is the best way of keeping the 

 school-garden in shape during the long vacation. A committee 

 of pupils should be appointed for each week of the summer and 

 report when the next school year opens. Of course, everything 

 depends upon the organizing powers of the teacher. 



